美国国务卿希拉里曾说:我帮德蕾莎修女提鞋都不配。
以下选自她本人的作品《无论如何do it anyway》,无数次让我泪目的文字,每一次当我陷入徘徊和自我怀疑,不确定自己是否过于理想主义和空想时,我都会拿出她的文字哭着来读,以此激励自己,给自己加油打气。
DO IT ANYWAY 丨 Mother Teresa
不管怎样,还是要成功;
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow;
你所做的善事明天就会被遗忘,
Do good anyway.
不管怎样,还是要做善事;
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
诚实与坦率使你容易受到欺骗和伤害,
Be honest and frank anyway.
不管怎样,还是要诚实与坦率;
People favor under dogs but follow only topdogs.
人都会同情弱者,却只追随赢家,
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
不管怎样,还是要为一些弱者奋斗;
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight;
你耗费数年所建设的可能毁于一旦,
Build anyway.
不管怎样,还是要建设;
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
如果你找到了平静和幸福,人们可能会嫉妒你,
Be happy anyway.
不管怎样,还是要快乐;
People really need help but may attack you
if you do help them.
人们确实需要帮助,然而如果你帮助他们,却可能遭到攻击,
Help people anyway.
不管怎样,还是要帮助;
Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
将你所拥有最好的东西献给世界,可能永远都不够,
Give the world the best you have anyway.
不管怎样,还是要将最好的东西付出!
You see,in the final analysis,it is between you and God;
It is never between you and them anyway.